Sir Roger de Grey was born in Buckinghamshire, the nephew of the noted post-impressionist English landscape painter, Spencer Gore. He studied art at the then Chelsea Polytechnic between 1936–9 and once again from 1946–7 under Ceri Richards, Robert Medley, Harold Williamson and Raymond Coxon. Taught at Kings College, Newcastle University, the Royal College of Art, and the City and Guilds of London Art School. He held his first full solo show at Agnew in the Spring of 1954, after which time his work was exhibited at the Tate Gallery, Royal Academy and New Art Centre, the Queensland Gallery in New South Wales, Australia and at many other galleries all around the world. Associated with the Royal Academy of Arts for to over thirty years. Became a full Academician in 1969. Succeeded Casson when The Royal Academy elected him as its president in 1984. Roger de Grey was Knighted in 1991. Tate Gallery and Arts Council of Great Britain hold several examples of his work. Died in 1995.